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The Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White is light an LED light bulb that can be control from you phone over a WI-FI network. You can control how bright the bulb puts out and tune the color from soft white to daylight.
Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White – Features
Features taken directly from the Amazon Sales Page….
- Adjustable Ambience: Set the perfect illumination for any occasion and adjust from warm to cool white. (Do not use with dimmers and three-way sockets.)
- Voice-Controlled: Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility means turning on and dimming the lights is effortless, even when your hands are full. (Alexa and Google Assistant devices sold separately.)
- Access From Anywhere: Whether you’re at home or away, control the lights from your smartphone or tablet with the free EufyHome app (Android 4.3 and above or iOS 8 and above devices required. 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network support only).
- Functional Lighting: Set schedules to automatically turn on and off and enable Away mode to simulate a non-vacant house while you’re out.
- What You Get: eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White (Product Size: 2.56 x 2.56 x 5.5in), User Manual, Safety Instruction Card, Happy Card and our worry-free 18-month warranty.
Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White – The Review
Back in August I got my hands on my first smart bulb. That bulb was the Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – White and my wife and I love it. We use it as our night light and it runs on a schedule without issues. Only once it didn’t turn on and that was because the router on our network crashed. So when Eufy offered to send me the Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White I jumped on the opportunity to test one out.
The Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White came in the traditional light bulb style box that most LED bulbs come in. However Eufy upped the game by adding images of the bulb and gave a few more specs than most bulb boxes have on them.
The bulb was nicely packed and free of damage. It came with a Happy/Sad card and a instruction card. If you have any issues contact support they will help you out. At the bottom of the Eufy sales page is a FAQ section and below that is support’s contact info.
I found the light bulb to be heavier and longer than a standard LED light bulb. It still fits in the socket. Just keep in mind it might stick out of the fixture a little.
How to Install the Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White
Next I opened the app and added the bulb. Since I already had the app installed adding the new bulb was easy. If you are new to the Eufy Smart, follow the instructions below.
First thing you need to do is install the Eufy App for Android. If you have an iOS you can get their app from the Mac store. Then you create an account with Eufy Home. If you have the Eufy Life app installed you will be able to log in and pull its information to the home app.
Next, install the light bulb to the socket and opened the app while connected to the WIFI network. The light bulb will start to blink (setup mode). At this point you should be able to configure the light bulb.
After you finish setting up your account, you will want to hit the plus button at the top of the app to add your device. On the next screen select the icon with Lumos Tunable White writing next to it. Click on the icon and you should be able to find your bulb. Once found, click on it and follow the instructions.
To configure the smart bulb, follow the instructions. You will be able to configure on/off and how bright it is. You can create bulb groups to control multiple lights with the same settings.
If you turn off the bulb at the power switch, you will not be able to turn it or use the scheduler. Once the bulb looses power, you will have to reconfigure the light settings. The brightness will stay the same but the color will go back to the default color of soft white.
Everything works great, the schedule feature works and has only missed the schedule a few times. The first time was when the power had gone out before and stayed off until after the scheduled start time. The other time it missed the scheduled turn off time when I manually turned on the bulb earlier in the day. For some reason it doesn’t listen to the scheduled turn off time if the bulb is already on.
Final Thoughts
The Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White is great bulb. I find the option to switch from soft white to daylight a good feature. As much as I prefer daylight over other bulb color options there are times I want the soft white bulb. Whenever I want to change the color I just open the app and adjust the color to whatever I need it to be.
My only issue is that at our house we have a lot of power issues (community power company is slow at maintaining the power lines and the trees that grow along the lines). Whenever the power goes out the light bulb turns on at 100%. This happens even if the bulb is off before the power went off. One night around 4 am the power went and came back on. It startled us out of deep sleep and it upset the dogs. This isn’t cool and should be changed. Also you have to reset the color back to whatever you set it at. It resets back to the default soft white. If you do not make those changes, the scheduler won’t read your color settings.
I highly recommend the Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White and the other light bulbs offered by Eufy. So far I have tested the tunable white and the soft white bulb and I want to get more. If you want to change the color to other colors you need to check out the Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – White & Color.
I plan on getting several more tunable white and group them together. Once I have some extra bulbs I will test the grouping features and share the results. As of this writing, you can purchase the Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb – Tunable White for $20.99. If you want color changing options these options from Eufy.
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